Necktie holder



p 1953 M. w. BAGIER 2,652,568

NECKTIE HOLDER Filed Nov. 12, 1949 INVENTOR Marzm V Iiiman Bayz'er ATTO Patented Sept. 22, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFlCE NECKTIE HOLDER Marzia Whitman Bagier, Hollywood, Calif. Application November 12, 1949, Serial No. 126,728

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to neckties and the like, and more in particular, to an arrangement for holding of the ends of a four-in-hand necktie in place when it is being worn.

With four-in-hand neckties the two ends of the necktie hang from the knot at the neck along the shirt front, with the larger end covering the smaller end. The two ends tend'to cause annoyance by swinging or being blown up or to the side; and, to avoid this, various necktie holding means have been provided. For example, clasps have been provided which pinch the necktie ends and anchor them to the shirt front. Other holders have been provided which are clamped to the fly edge of the shirt front and have a horizontal chain or the like under which the necktie ends are positioned and are held. These holders are generally of metal, and if not securely attached to the shirt, they tend to fall and are lost. Furthermore, they may be left on the shirt and are lost in the laundry. Some holders, such as tie clasps, tend to pinch the necktie and when the necktie is of delicate material, there is a tendency for the holder to cause damage to the necktie.

During the past decade or so many discriminating people have become quite aware of the importance of wearing neckties of high quality and pleasing appearance. Particularly, bold and motif designs have come into demand, and extremely fine silks have been used. With neckties of such high qualities, the wearers hesitate to use the prior holders because of the possible damage to the necktie; that is, the fine quality silk is apt to be damaged and the discriminating wearer will avoid this possibility. This is particularly true with certain men who collect these neckties and treat them as they really are, as works of art. A further factor which deters the use of the prior holders is that with neckties of the above nature, the front face is intended to be viewed unobstructed and the presence of a cross chain or bar on this front face is considered objectionable. There have been proposals to attach the backs of the necktie ends to the shirt or to other Wearing apparel, but these too are of such a nature that they tend to subject the necktie to undue strain. Therefore, wearers of neckties of the character referred to above will not adopt these proposals either.

It is an object of the present invention to provide means for holding a necktie in place without danger of damaging the necktie or marring its appearance. It is a further object to provide an arrangement for holding neckties in place which is free of the difficulties encountered with the above-mentioned devices in the past. It is a further object to provide a necktie holder which is simple and sturdy in construction and which not only does not interfere with the decorative characteristics of the necktie, but which in itself is quite decorative. These and other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out below.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective View of a person wearing a necktie incorporating the present invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view of the necktie of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 2, but demonstrating the operation of the necktie holder; and,

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring particularly to Figure 1 of the drawing, a man is shown wearing a shirt 2 and a necktie generally indicated at 4. Shirt 2 has a row of buttons down the front, including a button 6 and the tie has a knot 3, a large end or tongue it which presents a decorative front face i l, and a small or tail end I 2. Attached to the rear side of the tongue Ill is a tie holder [4 (see Figures 2, 3 and 4) which is a somewhat V-shaped flat fabric strip with two side arms [6 and I8. These arms are connected at the point of the V and have a button hole 20 at the connection. The upper end of arm iii is sewed to the rear side of the front tongue of the necktie by a seam 22 which is parallel to the side edge of the tie, and the upper end of arm I8 is similarly attached to the tie by a seam 24. The two arms are of fabric identical with that of the tie; in this instance, a fine silk with there being two layers of the fabric forming the arm into somewhat the form of a flat tube; thus, the tie holder is strong, and yet it is quite flexible.

Referring now to Figure l, the tie is tied in the usual fashion so that it hangs down along the shirt front, and then the small end l2 of the tie is pushed through between the tie holder and the large end of the tie as shown. The wearer then lifts the tie out slightly away from the shirt front and buttons the button hole 20 onto the button 6. In doing this the center of the tie holder is pulled up as shown best in Figure 3 so that the tie holder does not lie flat, but rather the arms have slight folds in them, as shown in full lines. However, the soft flexible fabric folds easily and the tie lies flat against the shirt front. As the wearer moves his head and neck, the tie tends to slide up and down along the shirt front; for example, between the two positions shown in broken lines in Figure 3. During such movements the tie holder does not remain rigid, but rather may be moved between the lower broken line position wherein it is substantially straight and flat as in Figure 2, and the multifolded condition as shown in the upper broken line position. In either position the tie is held securely without interfering with the movement of the tie along the shirt front. The tie itself tends to remain fiat, and from the front it is not apparent how it is held to the shirt front.

With the illustrative V-shaped tie holder connected as shown at its ends by seams adjacent the two edges of the tie, it has been found that the tie is held properly and yet there is no danger of damage to the tie. Furthermore, the front of the tie is unobstructed and the same decorative effect is given as when no tie holder is used. The V-shaped arrangement also has the advantage that it can be buttoned onto a shirt button throughout a rather wide range of relative positions; that is, if the button on the shirt in Figure 1 were above or below that shown, the tie holder could still be buttoned onto it.

Thus, it is seen that the necktie holder is extremely practical and has advantages not present in such holders as were previously obtainable. While this necktie holder may be applied to a necktie after manufacture, in the present embodiment it is made as part of the tie and the fabric is identical with that of the necktie. This has advantages in manufacture, and during use the fabric of the holder is of the same strength as that of the necktie itself, so that the holder is strong enough to hold the necktie, but it is not strong enough to transmit excessive forces which would damage the tie. Furthermore, the holder tends to fold and move with the necktie itself so that the presence of the holder does not interfere with handling or tieing the necktie and does not mar its appearance.

As many possible embodiments may be made of the above invention and as many changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter hereinbefore set forth, or shown in the accompanying drawings, is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

A necktie holder for a four-in-hand necktie which is attached to the underside of the relatively wide end of the necktie adjacent the free end thereof, which free end overlies the other end of the necktie when the necktie is in use, said holder comprising a pair of substantially identical arm portions of fabric which have the same physical characteristics as the fabric of the necktie, each of said arm portions being an elongated flat member having its side edges substantially parallel and with one end sewed to the necktie adjacent the edge thereof and with the other end being substantially at the center line of the necktie, said other ends of said arm portions being free and interconnected only adjacent the respective edges of said arm portions with said free ends terminating in edges which mate to form a buttonhole between said free ends and between the zones of interconnection, said arms being adapted to lie fiat and having said free ends at substantially angles whereby said arm portions form substantially a right angle with the arm portions extending upwardly and diverging from said buttonhole to the respective edges of the necktie.

MARZIA WHITMAN BAGIER.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,291,090 Nuzum Jan. 14, 1919 1,647,407 Hostetter Nov. 1, 1927 2,006,427 Wolfson July 2, 1935 2,013,061 Leowinsohn Sept. 3, 1935 

